Here's an oldie about Stalin:

When Stalin completed 25 years of his rule over
Russia he wanted a special postage stamp issued, with
his picture on it.

The stamps were duly released. Within a few days Stalin
began hearing complaints that the stamps were not
sticking properly, and he became furious.

Stalin called his Chief of the Secret Service and ordered
him to investigate the matter. The Chief checked the
matter out and then presented a report to Stalin on the
problem.

The report stated:

"There is nothing wrong with the quality of the stamps.
The problem is our citizens are spitting on the wrong
side."

Here's another oldie about Trump:

An American and a Russian are having a drink in a bar in
Washington D.C. The American smiles and smugly says to the
Russian - "Here in Washington we can yell abuse about our
President in the streets - and nothing will happen!"

The Russian thinks for a moment, and then confidently replies:

"In Moscow we can yell abuse about your President in the
streets - and nothing will also happen!"

Dear Not_Now.Soon,

«Being open to a fleeing population to come and live with you is an act of love on a national level.»

There is no such thing as "love on a national level" because only sentient beings are able to love and sacrifice for the love of others - and a nation (if such a legendary animal even exists) is not a sentient being.

It could well be that certain government ministers(s) love people of other countries and refugees in particular, but helping them with other people's money or at the expense of other citizens, is not a true act of love. Moreover, it hinders the ability of others to fulfil God's commandment.

No one can be forced to love, so if your money was taken away from you without your consent and given away even for the best of causes, then no love was present, you accrued no merit and fulfilled no commandment. You could still have some extra after-tax money to donate, but there would be less of it and more difficult to give.

You can of course give/contribute through organised charities and churches, but in order for love to operate, it needs to be voluntary.

«However how many people do you need to have compassion on before you have compassion on their home country.»

It is good to have compassion for people, as many as you can, but why have compassion for a country? A country cannot feel pain!

«Think of commercials for starving children in Africa or in India. Those charity drives made into 30 second clips»

But why would you, a seeker of God, want to expose your psyche to unhealthy things such as alcohol, drugs, gambling or commercials? Fortunately I have no television, never had, thus I was able to avoid exposure to commercial clips.

«Some even go as far as a love for their country. Choosing a profession that is aimed at serving the country they love»

But that is foolish: by all means, do love as many people as you can, but why love a static object or an abstract idea?

Good people do good things, bad people do not
Know a bloke, kind hearted but to a fault
Knew his neighbor was doing it hard, but needed a paling fence, paid for two thirds of the palings
Bought and installed a recycling toilet irrigation system for them
Too truck load of gravel and built a driveway, [out of the mud it had been]
Said bloke was near savaged by American bit bull, over the fence constantly
Said bloke? trashed by neighbor for insisting said dog was a danger
Such folks is life

Australia's most notorious serial killer, Ivan Milat, has died in prison from terminal oesophagus and stomach cancer. Milat, 74, died at Sydney's Long Bay hospital at 4.07am on Sunday.

Never been the one for capital punishment, but the passing of Milat, well....another failure of the human race.

Paul knew him, he worked on the roads and after for a sub contractor
In my area, in fact many of us interviewed after a body was found very near here
Stunning that SOME believe he was innocent
Not me
Mum born in Bargo, his home for part of his life
We kids returned there during childhood, never thought I would leave that part of the world
Of interest my long dead dad 40 years before Milate, told us about grave found in that forest [a family] murdered there, spooking just stopping to rest in there

Belly,

The only good thing about Milat is the manner and inevitability of his passing.

Bargo: a family story, most likely untrue, is that an ancestor, my gr-grandfather, was the first white kid born in Bargo, in 1835. His father had been a convict, working for Mrs MacArthur, and his mother the daughter of two convicts. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree :)

Joe